Improvement in oil-cans



` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ELIPHALET S. SCBIPTURE, OF NEW YORK', N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT |N`OlL-CANS.

To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, ELIPEALET S. Sciarr- TURE, of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to usecertain new and useful Improve-` ments in the Construction and Operationof Oil-Cans; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andcorrect description of `the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a perspectiveview of my improved oil-can, the bottom or lower portion of the samebeing shown in section; Fig. 2, a cut sectional view of the bottom ofthe can through the lineX.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are pointed out by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of my invention consists, irst, in the use -or employment ofa protecting-ring, O, soldered rmly to the bottom B of the can, andwhich forms, as it were, a stand or support for the can; second, in themeans hereinafter shown for controlling or governing the discharge ofthe oil from the can.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I willspeak of its construction and operation.

A shows the body of my improved oil-can, and B the bottom of the same.

O shows a protecting ring, made either in sections or entire, whichprotecting-ring C is firmly soldered around the bottom B of the can,extending a considerable distance below the same, and forming, as itwere, a stand or support for the can. This protecting-ring O is providedon its inner side with the spring rests lor seats D D, which rests orseats D D support the spring F.

F shows a spring formed of a plate of metal extending across the bottomB of the can and resting upon the rests D D. The bottom B is provided atits center with the screw-nib G, into which nib G the screw H fits. Thisscrew H also passes through the spring F, and is provided with the heador cap I, bearing against the outer side of the spring F and regulatingthe tension of the bottom B of the can by or through the power of thespring F.

J shows the discharge-tube screwed into the top of the can.

The operation of the can is as follows: The disc-hargetube J is removedby unscrewing from the can, and the can filled with oil. Thedischarge-tube J is replaced and the oil is discharged through the sameby pressing upon the head or cap I, the amount of oil discharged and thedistance which the same will bethrown being governed entirely by thetension of the` bottom B, controlled in turn by the spring Fand'regulating-screw H.

It will be seen that by the use of my improvements an extremely thintimber bottom may be used with safety and economy. A thin timber bottomis desirable, that ample movement-may be obtained to effect a powerfuland copious discharge of the oil, especially when desirable to eject orthrow the oil any considerable distance. I/Vhile such bottom, unlessproperly controlled and protected,

would soon cease to be durable and be easily destroyed, in the presentinstance the protecting-ring C prevents injury to the body of the canfrom lateral protrusion, contributes much from its shape and gravity tokeep the can right side up, and, in conjunction with the spring F andregulating-screw H, controls and operates it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein,anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Ihe use or employment of the protectingring C, provided with thespring-rests D D,A arranged and operating as shown, for the purposespecied.

2. The bottom B, regulating-screw H, and spring F, supported upon therests D D, or their equivalents, when the same shall be combined andoperated in the manner and for the purpose specified.

ELIPHALET S. SGBIPTUBE. In presence of A. SIDNEY DOANE, JAMES G. CoorEE.

